#5AA5CE#5AA5CE

#5AA5CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.096 H 234.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AA5CE
RGB	rgb(90, 165, 206)
HSL	hsl(201, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(201, 56%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 19.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.59, -11.52, -28.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.59, 30.28, 247.63°)
OKLab	oklab(68.98% -0.0559 -0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(68.98% 0.096 234.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.8080, 33.5376, 63.3358)
Luminance	0.3354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AA5CE #CE835A

analogous

#5ACEBD #5AA5CE #5A6BCE

triadic

#5AA5CE #CE5AA5 #A5CE5A

tetradic

#5AA5CE #BD5ACE #CE835A #6BCE5A

square

#5AA5CE #BD5ACE #CE835A #6BCE5A

split-complementary

#5AA5CE #CE5A6B #CEBD5A

monochromatic

#286586 #3688B5 #5AA5CE #89BFDC #B8D8EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#5AA5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#5AA5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AA5CE

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AA5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AA5CE	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A4D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8197CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aa5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 165, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.096 234.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91bfdd',
    500: '#5aa5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aa5ce;
$custom-light: #91bfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aa5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.207,
    "s": 54.206,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68984,
    "c": 0.09604,
    "h": 234.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AA5CE

secondary

#D9BBAB

accent

#7E4ADE

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F7FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0E1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AA5CE

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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